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  • 'I’m very good at grass.' Why Trump goes into the weeds on one of his favorite topics

    'I’m very good at grass.' Why Trump goes into the weeds on one of his favorite topics

    Aug 07, 2026 04:19 PM EDT

    WACTCH: White House UFC event spotlights Trump's decades-long partnership with Dana White “When you land on the grass, it’s not that the grass gets discolored — it gets ripped out,” he said in June. Trump even described tufts of turf going “all over” and said, “Half of the ...

  • Tennessee voters oust Trump-backed congressman, set fall matchup for redrawn Memphis-area House seat

    Tennessee voters oust Trump-backed congressman, set fall matchup for redrawn Memphis-area House seat

    Aug 07, 2026 02:45 PM EDT

    Former Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher defeated U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles in a Republican primary Thursday for a significantly reshaped congressional district — marking a rare rejection of a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump.

  • The major changes Head Start faces under Trump proposal

    The major changes Head Start faces under Trump proposal

    Aug 06, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    The Trump administration is proposing new guidelines that would overhaul Head Start and could change how it’s run across the country. Launched in 1965 as part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty, Head Start serves 700,000 children ages three to five and 160,000 infants and toddlers through Early Head Start. Amna Nawaz discussed the proposed...

  • WATCH: Trump signs executive orders imposing new limits on birthright citizenship

    WATCH: Trump signs executive orders imposing new limits on birthright citizenship

    Aug 06, 2026 09:41 PM EDT

    ... restrictions on visitors to the U.S. who want to obtain visas to give birth while in the country. Additional details weren’t provided, but Trump said he thought his latest actions would be constitutional. In June, the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s previous efforts to declare that children born ...

  • Uganda approves sending troops to Gaza for international force proposed by Trump's Board of Peace

    Uganda approves sending troops to Gaza for international force proposed by Trump's Board of Peace

    Aug 06, 2026 09:32 PM EDT

    KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities sought and won parliamentary approval Thursday to deploy troops to Gaza as part of the international force proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace to secure the territory following the devastating Israel-Hamas war. The successful motion, brought by the defense ...

  • Trump pushes ahead on false claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized

    Trump pushes ahead on false claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized

    Aug 06, 2026 06:27 PM EDT

    ... to where we were, they are doing a phenomenal job,” Blanche said. “Now does that mean that every case goes exactly the way that President Trump wants or I want or U.S. Attorney Pirro wants? Of course not, it doesn’t.”Pirro blamed others for giving Trump bad advice ...

  • D.C. prepares to host IndyCar street race as part of Trump's Freedom 250 celebrations

    D.C. prepares to host IndyCar street race as part of Trump's Freedom 250 celebrations

    Aug 06, 2026 05:41 PM EDT

    The IndyCar event will be 250 miles over 147 laps on a 1.66-mile track featuring seven turns.

  • Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations

    Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations

    Aug 06, 2026 03:55 PM EDT

    ... Head Start, which operates in all 50 states, has long had support from both Democrats and Republicans. But it has faced repeated threats under the Trump administration, whose budget chief, Russell Vought, had previously called for it to be eliminated. Not long after Trump, a Republican, took office again in ...

  • AP report: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

    AP report: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

    Aug 05, 2026 09:55 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda, an Associated Press investigation found.

  • Man arrested at Trump's California golf course faces illegal weapons charges

    Man arrested at Trump's California golf course faces illegal weapons charges

    Aug 05, 2026 08:34 PM EDT

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump’s visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities said. Jeanine John Taele ...

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